David Bowie (David Robert Jones) Quotes
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One of the big things I've learned is that there's an advantage to regular low-intensity activity.
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When you fall in love, you become weak.
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Winning the peace is harder than winning the war.
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When service members are discharged, we should express our gratitude for their profound personal sacrifice, not hand them a bill for their hospital food.
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I was born in Jerusalem with a religious background and a rabbi as a father... it was rather poor, but what we did have, we did have books.
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For a New York actor, there are two things you look forward to - getting your SAG card and being on 'Law and Order.'
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The dearest days in one's life are those that seem very far and very near at once.
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What sometimes goes on in all sorts of Christian institutions is not formation of people in the character of Christ; it's teaching of outward conformity. You don't get in trouble for not having the character of Christ, but you do if you don't obey the laws.
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More tears are shed over answered prayers than unanswered ones.
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I'm so bored by business and money.
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Deal with the Devil if the Devil has a constituency - and don't complain about the heat.
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'Happiness is a Small Politician' - my mantra then and forever more.
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'Humanity has evolved-as far as it has evolved,' continued the old priest, 'with no thanks to its predecessors or itself. Evolution brings human beings. Human beings, through a long and painful process, bring humanity.''Empathy,' Aenea said softly.
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'I’ll tell you,' she said softly. 'But you won’t like it.'He looked away from her. 'I asked for the truth. Whether I like it or not, I have to know.'
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Today, no great Western nation has a birthrate that will prevent the extinction of its native-born. By century's end, other peoples and other cultures will have largely repopulated the Old Continent. European Man seems destined to end like the 10 lost tribes of Israel-overrun, assimilated and disappeared.
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Gloomy grammarians in golden gowns, Meekly you keep the mortal rendezvous, Eliciting the still sustaining pomps Of speech which are like music so profound They seem an exaltation without sound.
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The Gods do not protect fools. Fools are protected by more capable fools.
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The government and the church are two different realms of service, and those in political office have to face a subtle but important difference between the implementation of the high ideals of religious faith and public duty.
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Laughter kills lonesome. It's one of the great things in our lives.
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In every place, where there is any thing worthy of observation, there should be a short printed directory for strangers.
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I'm mellower now, I'm over 50. But I don't think I'm too mellow. I'm still angry at a lot of things.
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Ah? A small aversion to menial labor?" The doctor cocked an eyebrow. "Understandable, but misplaced. One should treasure those hum-drum tasks that keep the body occupied but leave the mind and heart unfettered.
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Speech is the representation of the mind, and writing is the representation of speech.
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It would be positively boring if minds were in tune.
